''-- - ::'-...".:-- - --:: - ' - - - '1„:.;'•.k,'.5B - ,1 - '-'''-' .- :':.;'..‘'''f . : - ''''' • • TEUMS OF 1 1 1.f13lt4CALTION - ... On tisiti'Clnili System. - ' -- • ' • The Miners T o ur hal will after the Ist of : January `next, tie published on the following ternis andiondi lions: t i 1 - Fors - one year, .: .i.. ..... .... .. ........$2 00 . Six 'months f.......i. ............. 100 Three m0nth5,..!........;...... ...... .'.. 50 „ _ - Payable semi-annitally in advance by those who re- , side in the counts—Snd.annunllyjn advance by those who reside at a distance. : I , • .. 11:7' No p7pee wilt be sent unless the aubscription IS paid in advance. t. Five dollars in advance will pay for three years subscription. 1 . M' Papers deliVered ,by the Post Rider will be charged 25 cents extra. 'I ' • • - TO P DVERTISER3 ,- Advertisements not exceeding ,a square of twelve lines will be chargedis 1 for three insertions, and6o cents for one insertio: Fivelines or under. 25 cents for each insertion. ' ll'early - advertisers will _be dealt with on the followirig terms: _ One Column... ?..OA Tivo Squares, I n 1 $lO Three-fourths d0....15 One do. ... 6 0n1fccdunin,.......12 I Bttsinesscards, 51ines, 3 All advertisements ust be paid for in advance un less an account is op/ned with the advertiser. The charge to Merchants will be $lO per annum, w i t h the privilege of _keeping ,one advertisement not exceeding one nquarei standing, during, the year and inserting a • smaller onia in each paper. Those who occupy a larger space Will be charged -extra. Notices for Tavern'Licence, $ 2.. All notices for•meet ngs and proceedings of Meet in,!s not considered of general interest, and many other n-tices winch 'Rave been inserted heretofore gratuitously. with the exception .of Marriages and Deaths, will be charged as advertisements. Notices , of Deaths, in which invitations are extended. to the friends and relative, the deceased. to attend the funeral. will be charge as advertisements. I I • N ricE. r IIE subscriber, ppointed by the Orphan's -.• Court of Schuylliill:eounty, Auditor,to make distribution of the a.4ets in the hands of Daniel Shollenherger; the adininistrator &c. of William •J. Mover, late of We.it Brunswick Town'ehip, in Selio .) lk ill County, deceased, too and among such ofllie creditors of said deceased, that-may be en titled to receive the same.' Hereby gives notice to all such as have an claimi against the estate of the said deceased, t tat be will attend at his of fice,l O. iii the Bf O. ofough wigsburg, on Monday the 14th day df Febru ry next, between the hours of ten and four o'clock, to make such distribu lion, at which time iiiid place thu creditors may present their claims. ', . Llama ' S WITMAN, Auditor. Ot wigshurg, January 8 2 J AMESI DOWN EY, RESPECTFULLY:' informs the 2itiblic that :LIP he has brought with him from New York this Fall, a large assulrtment of rocdries & Li quors, which he MThrril fur sale dt the 'most mod erate Philadelphia Wiliolusalc prices, ( freights added,) by calling at store. house, nest door to the Schuylkill Hotel, Morris's Addition, in the Borough of Pottsville t l consisting of Black and Green Teas, ofa supiAlor qoalitt, Pulling Loaf, Lagnira, P. !ben and iN. 0. Sq;ars, 40 bags of best Rio Coffee, with a quantity of Java, St. Do wingo, Green and Bro[wned Coffees, 100 barrels Itidined Common 0 harrels Winter Strained t /IL Molasses. White a d Yellow Soap, ToLacco, Keg and Box Raisins, Wines and Liquors, from. common to the heel ualities, and about SOO bushel. iit Ground Salt &c., &c. Pottsville, Januury •, 2-4 mo COAL mix Es To LET. 'E''ll: summit (70a1 icornpany have completed la their Rail Road, eriected screens; and opened mines ready tbr woraink to the extent of fifty f.. t thousand tons of coal p /r annum, capable of being wrought by uncoverit g entirely above water keel, which they are p pared to lease on advan• lageous conditions, for term of years. Three mines are in the intime iat vicinity of the -Heay. er Meadow works, and i the transportation is eon tin•tously decending to the Lehigh river. The mining operatioiis can be earned on with great econoey, owtruz to the favorable posi , ion of the veins. Pr .posak may be left at the office, :N ..5 South :id street, ( Philadelphia, direetcd to J. L. FENINIOng, the Hoard of Directors. 52-6 f. Seet'y of rid! pl.•Ii.1113, Dec. 1. MEDICINES!: rbrated Camomile Pills. Syrup for children. i`s. Herb Pills, le Pills, IFever & Aguc Pills. ns Hunt's Botanic rim any Medicine ever yet 31 ti ES! D \ tn. I t in Celt do Soot NI 11.1 mon Von Mich.:ler"' 11.mtlav's rennila IYarA. IValliat an Evan'4 I)oct. Hunt's Flolante • For Dy -pert's: Pere.l are cued to he superior Offered la the above Medicines, just tie Drug Store of ))IN S. C. MARTIN.. supoly of tlz! reeeired and lot sale at *Dec II 50— P. lERE ! LOO It -J UST recei.ed and n ,well asaortad clock g oods conKistinz .W opening, a large and : t new Fall and Winter dcsdriptran, nits, ,Pieensware, air Caps, Dry. Goods offer Groceries of all k China. Glr;ss and Cloth. and Bruts and Shoes ; Coats, Ponialoon4 Vr.Fts, tfc Plash. r, Sal!, FINI, Which will he suld on tln most ltboraMerms, and at vvry low pri,:es or ill exchange fur country produce, fur which the hilgliest price will be paid. [SAMUEL ILMiTZ, rutt , ville, No .1841, New Fall and iTinter Goods. THE sob:critters liavt . just received a New and Eleg•int U^SOrifTl mt of Fall and Winter (:node, consisting 01%111111A , lflite and fancy Col. "red Cloths., -Blue Black nd fancy Colored Cos •imers,'4llue, iter, I.ln %VII, nix'd and. Drub S minetts, White, Red, searlei,Yell o w an d Green FL , lnnek, /Black, :Trim* Green, Scarlet arid Drab Morinus, 12-4, Il l !, 10-4, 8-4, 6-4 than. 'sets. Alorino, Belvidere,lTustan, and Tdelioni Shawls, Buck,• Beaver, 1 ()skin. amid EidiGloves, Winter Prints, Roslyn PI, 'ds„3louslin de.Lamacs, Woolen, Berlin all C alimere Gloves, Blue, Green, Red Mid Se:inlet C. mon Flaiinells, Bleach ed and unbleached Cant, Flannell, Pilot, Bea -1 ver and 11eui'•sh in Goatirn4s, Wool, shirts Draw. era, &e. Sc. &c. I. All of which we are isputited to sell on our usual reasonable terms. Oct 9 11- , E. Q. ,i• A. HENDERSON. AN HOTEL, GOLDEN MS REVIVED, ) • 60; N. 'Third ab 4 c Arch, Philadelphia BOARD ONE DdLLAR PER DAY. fifIARLES WEISS hap 1-ascd this old-estab fished hotel, which his been completely put .' in order for 41e accommodation of . travelling an, permanent boarders. o 18 .1 . 1 1 It Its proximity o business, renters it • desirable to st angers and residents of the city. Every portio of the house has un dergone a complete elea sing. The culinary , :cpa rt meta is of the first o der—with good cooks 310 servants selected to tns ire attention toguests —ll as accommodations f t r 70 persons. • T !MSC Whir) may favor en•torn, may be assured ;ire the best of attention, a wry reasonable Charges. I dory, $ 1 25. 3 r Rosin fur horses and to hue. I /' Gernia nlopn and Wh, tem reli Stage Office Philadelphia. brce-mber 1, 1841 50-t•tf IMMEIMiIiZEME! 11, R. J. A. BF:N.4I)E n: Artist" of acknowl. I'm , cd talent, will publish n A short time, should "a ndficient number orstrtsOilierfi be obtained, a large Lithographic view oflie Borough of Potts idle, It will he Litlingrap cd by ;'4r. Benade and struck olf by one of lb best Lithographers 1 in life couritry, on the folloiing terms: Dil India Paper, . ' 131 '25 0. Plain Vellum Paper, I 00 Gdored copies, whet ) desired, 3 00 The view can be examined at this Office v. here subscriptions will be r eceived . It is to be hoped that our citizens will-not be backward in hebtowing sutte'xnt patron4ge to insure its car /3' publication. . lire of the Mine Ifill nil, Rail Road Phiiadeiphin../ A T a meeting of the Boai on the sth inst., n divide of the - profile of the Campo. "'ear, of NINE per cent, tlpo payanle on and after the 1.51 Jan. 1.5, 3 JOUN =l7, 4;.• .i 7 gr;;3?; r<P -7 , Cr4 RF , ~,.4` _ _ After another short and busy season, the Board of Trade hive endeavored to gather up the facts relating to the Coal Trade that lie scattered on the way, and present them in the following Report to the Coal Aming Association': The -amount of Anthracite Coal sent to market in the last year will be seen by the following tab!e Sent from 5chuy1ki11,584,692 .. . Lehigh—Mauch Chunk, - - 78,164 Heaver Meadow, - - - - - • •; 26,224 Hazleton, 21,26$ . Suq,ar Loaf,. .- , 17,170 Lackawanna, ...I- 192,270 Pinegrove, • 17,653 Shamokin, 21,463 • 958,899 Add remaining on hand Ist of April last, = • 50,000 From the above total of 959,899 tons of Coal, which have been sent from the mines of the several Coal districts this year, we must deduct a large amount, in order to show correctly the quantity that has been forwarded to the Atlan- tic markets. • Of the Coal sent from this Region, there. has been 40,584 tons delivered on the lane of the Canal; and not being in possession of official information, but seeing that Pinegrove arid Shamokin have sent the same quantity of Coal from the mines as in the year 1810 ; we shall set down the amount that reached title water, through the Susquehanna and Tide Water Canal, at 10,000 tons ; tthich is a little over the amount that arrived in 1840; thus leaving 29,116 tons for the supply of places, on the lines of canal through Which this coal passes to market, From the bear information that we can obtain, we think we' may safely set down the amount of Coal delivered on the lines of canal, leading from the Le. high and Lackawanna mines to tide water, at 68,000-tonat; which added to the quantity stated as being left on the other routes, will make up a total of 137,700 tons - of Coal, that .did not reach tide water; and by deducting this front the gross amount in' the preceding table, we shall find there is 871,199 tons of Anthracite Coal to supply the deMand, for the year ending on the Ist of April next. The following table exhibits the quantity of Coal shipped from the different regions from the commencement of the trade, together with the annual increase, and consumption, and the annual quantity remaining over unsold, and disposed on the line of the Canal : ' g 3 I 471 Z -7 U m t-cf: Go cl 11 . - -- C. 7 CD 4 I I C L GO 4 4 CI CO CZ 7- 4 1••• 4 Cr 6 V! m GO a: . ooh 4") ci to co o• I y I The above table is the same as contained in our 'last Report with the . past years statistics added ; and also another column containing, the amount of Coal unsold on the lot of April of each year as nearly as can be ascertained. The data in this column will not be found to differ materially front former re ports, excepting for the year 1839, in which we expt rimmed much. difficulty in determining upon the amount in market on the Ist of April. We have not taken into account the 32,917 tons of Coal sent from Wilkes barre, because we believe that tlle whole of this is required for the supply of the Furnaces and th . e.t. Engines; and other Steam engines in Danville and its vicinity. With this moderato supply the market, we cannot believe that any great quantity will be remaining in tfie hands of dealers at the next opening of the canal navigation,; though it must be observed that the mildness or severity of a winter presents very different results in the quantity of fuel As was anticipated in our last Report, the stock of Coal remaining on hand at the opening of the canals last spring, was as small as could be desired, by those who ate anxious to preserve the trade in a healthy and flourishing condi tvm. A sufficient supply is not what suits the speculators, but it . is the very con dition wished for by the miner, who is well awareOliat a steady and ample supply, induces a regularly increasing demand for, and use of Coal. In conseqUeLce at the damages caused by the flood in January last, the Schuyl kill Canal was not opened before the 17th of May, and from this time the bu siness went on increasing, until in September; the weekly shipments from this vicinity and Little Schuylkill'amounted to 26,000 tona l By the 251 of November the shipments bad nearly ceased, and in this short season of little• more than six months a larger amount by 61,510 tons, was sent (loan the canal, than in any previous year. he house with their f". finding the best of d, as is stated above, The facilitiea for increasing the buiiness of this region are certainly . ery great, and if our cost of transportation is still further lessened by Canal and Rail-road, so that none can undersell us at living prices; then from this region must the increase supply be derived,.and in a very few years the quantity of Coal annu ally passing by these two great works, to tide water, will exceed a million of tons. chides: Also horses The Schuylkill Navigation Company have fired the tall on Coal to Phila. delphia for the present year' at 75 cents per ton. which' is a reduction of 15 cents on last year'e prices, on all ercepting Pea Coal, which is increased 25 cents per ion. The Philadelphia and Reading Rail-road, Company hare fixed theis rate of transportaiiOn for the first two months of (his year at $ 1 50 per ton, the next four months at $ 1 75 ; and for the five months ending with November at $ 2 per ton. On the let inst, a Locomotive Engine passed over this road, and climb thread ing through the gorges of the mountains,until it reachedlllM place; bearing with it the Manager? of the road, who were received in the most cordial man ner by ouecitizene generally. According to previous arrangements made.by the Company and our citizens; a Fain of cars left hem on the morning of the 10th inst., and arrived in Phila delphia in the evening with upwards of 2000 passengers, carrying with them s. me Coal that was mined the same morning et Potts & Bannan's colliery, ` - '&1 feet perpendkularbelow the water level. Sc: Itare4 trpany. The same days train of. cars passed over the Road carrying about 1.50 lona of Coal, which Lad been loaded on the Bth from Potts & Bannan's mines; thus fixing the 10th of January 1842 as_the day on which the first train of Coal passed over this Road to ,Phitadelphia.' On the 11th inst., ourcitiaeas returned froth Philadelphiaaccompanied by some of the Managers of the Road; and although the Weather was most ipuary '6th, rBl2. iiof Mina gets, held lend 6:Bidet:tared out 01.9 for' , ,t c he tam half 4ho Capital Stock, uh inst. 1 - CAESSO N,Tear.i 1/ ' _ - , '-'`h am .' . G. " - N, ~ -r r- -r --, . . • r-- , 2" , I' l / 4 44;1N-4 icarisx's . . at . LA ~ 7 4 . , . P AND p oTTsviLLE GENER - , 4.14 "I WILL TEACH YOU TO PIERCE THE BOWELS of THE EARTH, AND RILING OUT PROM THE CAVERNS OP MOUNTAINS, METALS WHICH WILL GIVE STRE N GTH TO OUR. HANDS AND SUBJECT ALL NATURE TO OU , USE AND PLEASURE JOHNSON VOL. XVIII. 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CI Ci GNI Ci .. 1 ~...G O i A t , GC r- 0 .1 , CC C 4 ciD eC Cr cC Lb r Ct Ce 0 X .7. r- r- c t-• c r - c :t c ct c tc . c . c et co . ccCi CT r- CD CC CC uC CI CC CC CI CI GC Ct Ct Ct CC .1 , ul .1 , . 1. .1 , 0, "'" •-• V 7" . C CI .D CD r••• •-• GI CV Cr Ct C 4 ' CI 14 CZ V: CZ V: V: CZ rz CZ V: V: ;6 el. 'TV M" X' X X' :C XXXX-XX 2 , X X GC GC CD WEEKLY BY BENJAMIN BANNAN,' POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PA. 1,008,899 1 - MMMOZaZ4Z4 o ,6' <6 c , ".r two - " 2 .• a 0 0 CO OD i`ft Cf c..) 'el' 0 IS C) 2) •—• - .l* C . ) 0 acr ci cn Co, w op cm c= cr) t- tt- = = c tt- = to co ct ct t- O co . T t 7 :w? = tn 1i ri C-1 05 1.4 •C 4 LO OD 4. • 0! 0 C. 0 •-• O te , z v ‘n c cc, z••• c e , •7 —•— GY vorable for the celebration, it was 'a day ofjoy and rejoicing; and we now feel that there to another chain of union between us and othersections of this wide spread and hippy land, which will bind us together, more and more firmly in our social and commercial relations, and wilt undoubtedly ultimate in our mu tual benest. By the completion of this coed, we ere connected with Philadelphia, New York, Bafticaore and Washington by Rail-road.; to either of which we shall be able to travel in one day, and these facilities will soon be properly estimated by a business anti travelling community. - We will now at all times be able to bring from Philadelphia and the other places connected with us by these Iron bonds, the merchandise required in this section of the country, to supply the teeming populaion that labor in and a bout our coal mines; and the numerous artisans, and others connected with;' or depending more or less directly on the vast and increasing trade in this region. The average -length of time which our canal is open annually, is about eight months;-leaving us shut out from the market full one third of the 'ear, and occasionally even longer. / 1 This has always operated to the disadvantage of our trade, runt alw,ays will - affect this or any other branch of trade injuriously; where Ihe4alue is small on a great bulk or weight of the article, and which is wasted''by every hand ling, as is so manifestly the case with the free burning anthracite. By having a communication open to Philadelphia at alf times in the year, the supply- of Coal will be more regular, and consequently the prices to the consumer will be less vascillating than formerly. The cities to the eastward, can also have suppli,eii forwarded earlier in the spring, and later in the winter; as the Delawairs river is closed by ice but a short time in each year. - Every step in internal, or-other improveno‘nts, which brings our business nearer to a regular and steadyoppratioh thr6ughout the year, is certainly plac ing us in a better position than -we have heretofore occupiekt„, It must be evident to any one, that ifia laboring man has employment every working day in the year, be can afford to work for less wages per day, than when he is compelled to be idle one4fourth or fifth of his time, as those are, who are employed in mining and delivering Coal into the bolts at our wharves. On the line of canal this fact'i l s more clearly marked, when men; boys, hor ses, and boats are all thrown/out of employment nearly one third of the year. - •There needs no lengthy / argument, to prove the advat tages that are likely to result to us, by: our trial° progressing eteadily• throughout the year, instead of having these long periods, in which so many of the men are idle, and those who are employed, wilrkingunder great disadvantages. Any thing thatAill lessen the cost of producing Coal and carrying it to the markets, must I7enefit theconsumera ; therefore our customers in Philadelphia and other cities and elsewhere, h&ve collectively an interest in these th'n.rv; ihotigh each ono may Mdividually feel them far removed from, and of little importance to him. These advantages, which we have been contemplating cannot operate to their full extent at once, but they are gradually opening upon us, and in time every one will be enabled to see the full force of the benefits arising from them. We trust the Schuylkill Navigation Company and the Philadelphia and Reading Hail-road Company, are both disposed to facilitate and cheapen as much as is in their power, the transportation of Coal ; and thus bring this section of the Coal basin into a full competition with every other Coal Region. The Philadelphia and Reading Rail-road, is now only connected with two of the incorporaited roads in thiOlegion, titere being two others yet to connect with, which we believe can be readily done in two yeart, and by that time the Company can have a sufficient number of cars-on the road, to enter fully • into the carrying of Coal, from .any part of the Schuylkill section of this Coal basin. Ell With the Schuylkill Canal, which is every year being made more perfect and capacious, and ,the Philadelphia and Reading road. we shall have full oppor tunities of sending out from these mountains, all the coal that may be required of as; and at the same time proving by the true test of experience, whether a Rail Road or Canal will answer best for the transportation of heavy merchan dize on a descending grade. We do not know of any improvements such as these, similarly situated in this country, and 'the practical information that may be obtained, by compar ing the operation of these two great works, may be useful to those who con template similar improvements, in a bite situation.in any part of the country. There has been 78,296 tons of Coal shipped in the past year, from this re gion direct to the city of New York in Canal Boats.. The average tonnage of the Boats the past year, hail been less than in the year previous ; owing to the very low state of the water fora considerable tune, which at one period was so low, at the upper end of the Canal, that the Com pany .were obliged to discontinue weighing boats at this place, and \ also at Schuylkill Haven. o J o o co o, -•- The freight to Philadelphia in the past year •has ranged from $1 10 to $ 2 per tan, tha average for the wholeneas.m being $ 1 10 per tali, and the neigh( to New York commenced at $ 2 75 and rose as high as $ 4 40 per ton, giving an average for the season of $ 3 42 per ton. The canal was closed by order of the Company on the 18th of December last. The number of Steam Engines erected in this vicinity up to tho'close of the year 1840, for .pumping water and winding Coal out of the fumes, was 12 ; possessing collectively a power equal to 315 horses, according to the common mode of estimating ti .e power of Steam Engines: And me.fitid that 7 Engines have been added to the list within the past year, the aggregate power of which is 360 hones; being 45 horse power more of steam applied to the mines in one year, than in the whole period from 1933, that being the time the first Stemin Engine wee erected at our mines by the North American Coal Companiy. By the large increase of Engines at the mines m the past year, some persons may be led to infer, that our Coal is being rapidly exhausted, and in a few years these sources of supply will be cut olT; but to those more conversant alai the subject, these deep -workings serve to prove that the numerous hills inter spersed through our Coal Basin, contain only the land marks and guides to the mines of lasting wealth, which lie deeply hidden far beneath the surface of the earth. To what depth these deposited of Coal may continue, we do not know, and can only say that the tkepest.working which we now have is 153 feet perpen dicularly below the , level of the Schuylkill at Dam No. 1; and at that depth the Coal is found to be fully equal, if not superior in quality, and as thick in the vein as at the surface. We stated in our last report, that the Valley Furnace, five miles east of this had been tented, and preprations were then about being commenced by some gentlemen from New York to put it in operation. It was put in blast a few months since, and worked well- until some difficul ty arising with the Company conducting it, it was blown out, and has not since been put in operation. The dull and depressed state of business generally extends also to the Iron Trade, and deters capitalists from making investments in this heavy branch of business; to consequence of which, no effort is making to explore far. and prove by actual working, ithe value of the numerous deposites of Iron ore, in the interior of our bills and mountains. We have therefore acquired very little additional information, within the post year ; but have nu reason to change the opinions heretofore expressed, orlhe value of this location for the manufacture of Pig and Bar Iron. The seven Steam Engines added to our collieties in the past year, have all been constructed in this place, besides Engines for other purposes. • The Port Carbon foundry has been engaged partly in casting pipes for the New York city water works; 300 tons of the pipes, varying from 16 to 24 in. ches in diameter, have been forwarded and proved very satisfactory to the city authorities. Another one of our Founderies has been engaged in casting 421 b. balls, ex clusively of anthracite_ iron, for tte United States Government, which pawed the critical inspection such articles are generally subjected to, in a manner grat ifying to the Manufacturers. Amidst the numerous , appliances Of Antbiactlc Coal for all purposes where beat is the prerequisite, the discovery of its adaptation to the economical pro• duction of carburetted hydrogen gas for the lighting of cities, cannot fail to ex cite attention and interest, in•the minds of all who have for years been toiling in the mining business. We Ile not however see in this, or any other of the mvents that are about opening upon this region, any reason to anticipate such unprecedented demand for our fuel, as should induce us to push largely into the busintss, abandoning a steady economical working; neither do we see cause, as some have, to ap prehend, that from this time, our whole trade and method of doing business must undergo a sudden change, because a new avenue to market is open to us. We rather think that any changes will be elrected gradually, as may be formd . most convenient, which will keep our trade one surer foundation, than if pre maturely forced into new and untried positions,;. and in the hope, that the judg ment and good management of all, may. tend to'the establishmen4nd preser vation of this solid foundation, r will , hereciose our anticipations, of the future and our remarks on'thepast. • Respectfully submitted , , • • G, PALMER, President. • rOTTSTILL.E, Jimmy 17th, 1842. A- . : "- - ' ' SATURDAY .MORNING. JANUARY 29, J 842. i r i'_' - ' 3 :717.7p : . .! 1 • 41,7, AL ADVERTISERi The, following persona were on the 17th inst., elected Officers of/the Coal Mining Association of Schuylkill county, for the ensuing year : PRESIDENT. ,GEORGE: H. POTTS. TICE.P,RESIDENT. / WILLIAM H. MANN / SEC 11LETA HIES, ANDREW RUSSEL, BENJ. BANNAN BOAIID OP TRADE, GEO., H. POTTS, CHAS. POTTS, T. J. BAIRD. F. B. NICHOLS J. G. HEWES, G. G. PALMER, GEO. C. WYNKOOP. INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF David Rittenhouse Porter. Delivered January IS, 1842. Fellow Citizens :—About to enter neon my second and last Constitutional term of office, as the Chief Executive Magistrate of the Common wealth, I avail myself of the occasion now pre sented, to renew to my fellow-citizens the annun ciation of the principles which will guide my course in the performance of tho high duties im posed upon me by the constitution and laws. is a source of much gratification to me to state, that it is comparatiyely a brief and easy task. The address which I had the honor to deliver to my fellow citizens on my first induction into of fice, contains so comprehensive and minute an ex pression of my views on all great questions of policy, that could reasonably be expected to rise, as almost to preclude the necessity of adverting to them again. After a deliberate perusal o that address, and a careful consideration of the numerous perplexing and vexatious questions which have hitherto been presented to rno for action, or which I can expect to have presented hereafter, I do not find a single word or senti ment that I would change or modify. As it ex pressed my opinions and determinations three years ago, i: equally .and emphatically, expresses them now. I beg leave to ides you to it, and to assure you that I adhere to it in each and ev er y sentiment still. Additional light has only made it more clear to my mind ; additional experience has only strengthened the convictions then felt. I need only say in connexion with it, that the present condition of the commonwealth, though apparently more embarrassing than it was ut that period, is in reality very little, it St all, chan ged.' The public debt is substantially the same, —the public burdens only increased to meet ob ligations then incurred—the public Improvements are more productive, and the public revenues es sentially augmented. Our banking system, then tottering to its fall, has been examined with searching scrutiny by the public eye--its faults have been detected, its unsoundness expmed, and ad dangers guarded against by the dissemination of correct information. The wild and headlong spirit of speculation trai been checked. The un due multiplication of the public debt has been restrained, and improvident and wasteful expen ditures of the public fund arrested. ExperienCe has painfully demonstrated to the corivietion of all, what the sagacious foresight of some al pre bonded—that nein ne, like individuals, when they make ~ too great haste to get rich" aro in danger of bankruptcy and ruin. We had not yet fortunately, reached the fatal point, from which there was no prospect of es cape ; but we were verging so near, as to render our rescue alike timely and perilous. Cases r f individual hardship no doirbi exist, but patience, industry and enterprise Will effect a cure in must of them; and for those that ate n ateliers, we can but express our symp ithy and our sorrow. I trust the ',suer class is but limned in number arid ex•ent. The Commoirwmilth, herself, after short struggle, borne with fortitude characteristic of her citrzrna, and the integrity that they would scorn to tarnish, will overcome all her pecuniary difficulties--wild faithfully - fulfil her engagements and proudly maintain her honesty and her fame. If there be any of her citiz na who would pursue a different course, they will be left undisturbed in the enjoyment of their peculiar opinions, and wlil be pointed at by the rest of their fellow citi zens, as the victims of some mad and dangerous_ delusion. Reformation in its abuses, and economy in the expenditures of the go% ernment, are now made cardinal maxima of policy, by all who have the good of their country at heart. Much' benefit has already resulted, and more it is hoped will in future result from the practical operation of this popular feeling. Let it reach every department where enlight -ned prudence and wisdom point the way.— Happily we have not, under our government, any of those time honored abuses and corrup tions, which in other countries strike their roots so deeply into the constitution, as to endanger its existence by their extirpation. We can cor rect every abuse, and eradicate every corruption, without touching the vitality of the constitution itself. In entering upon the last term of office to which the constitution restricts me, I may ven ture to hope, I shall be credited when I assure my fellow-citizens, that my ambition is satisfied, and my gratitude for the honor conferred upon me, most lively and sincere. I trust I shall not be doomedjustly obnoxious to the charge in my official course, of looking on my acts and recom mendations,-to further preferment or re-election. I trust too the labor of those who have felt it to be their duty, or their interest, to assail and per vert the measures which met my sanction, will be lightened, and their ingenuity relieved of its onerous taxation, to render their hostility effec tual. Henceforth I do most fondly hope, we shall act harmoniously together, in our respective capacities, for the advancement of the public good, forgetting every other consideration, and dismiss ing every other counsel, but thoie which patriot ism inspires. And may that Being whose Prov-. idence has ever guided and guarded our beloved Commonwealth, through the - vicissitudes of both prosperity and adversity, still watchf'over it,,and the promotion of all its interests, he his peculiar care. DAVID R. PORTER. Jailing 18th, 1842. • - Sass? AND DANDIES.—The following is a re port made bp• the committee on sheep, at the Worcester cattle show sheep should be • judged of like a dandy, by , the fineness of his' coat. We beg pardon of the sheep for the corn parison-rlitie it is apt! In both.cases the coat is the most valuable part of the animal. What is a sbeeli god for withistit a fleece - And whit is a dandy 1 04 for - without a coat r ;; ~, TnEascnEa s ANDREW RUSSEL .'f'?,; . : , -f , :`!.`,.,l,i4r . :iv'''?'4' , ,''''.;,• ' 1 .;#:!7' - -- F'? .7- : , '-',, , :,,: , :'. - ".R::: ,, r; ,, 7, '''',',,,,,,',,,A, I IS A Song of the Sea. Ant—" Some /ore Co rams." A bold brave crew, and All ocean blue, And a ship that loves the blast, With a good ssind piping merrily In the tall and gallant mast. Ha! !my bop, ' These are the joys Of the noble and I. - ave. Who tore a 1.% In the tempest strife, ' And a home on the mountain Wave! I ' l When the driving rain of the hurriesze Plats thelight of the light-house out,- ' And the growling thunder sound is going On the whirlwind's battle rout, Ha! ha ! do you think That the valiant shrink f No ! no! we are bold And brave ! And we love to fight ._ la the wild muiti‘gitt, With the storm on the mountain's wave. Breezes that die where the green woods sigh, To the landsman sweet may be, But give to the brave the broad-decked wave, And the tempest's midnight glee! Ha! ha! the,blabt, • And the rocking mast, And the sea wind brisk and cold, • And the thander'sjar On the seas afar, Are things that suit the bold! The timber creak, the sea-birds shriek There's lightning in the blast ! Hard to the leeward, mariners! For the storm is gathering fast ! Ha! ha! to-night, Boys; we must tight ; But the winds which o'er us yell, Shall never scare The mariner In hie winged citadel! COMMON Scauozs.—Though common, these humble seminaries are mighty agi nts; they are the lever which raised New Er gland to her high position—Much as we are indebted to Colleges, Academies, and other similar institutions, we owe more—inesiimablv more—to Cot/Luton Schools. Opening the doors to all, sowing the seeds of learning, broadcast, over the laud, their contribu tions to the intelligence, and consequently to the prosperity and eoilyinent, though bestowed in small portions to each, yet in the aggregrate swell to a vast amount. from the primary assemblies ooze out the rills, which commingling, form the streams that are ever washing out our moral and political stains. Stop the flowing of those waters, and our fair bind would lust bleach with ignorance, vice and crime. Liberty would lose her nourishment, philanthrophy her most invigor ate draughts. Christianity her invaluable sup plies. Christians, philanthropists, ii'vriols, cherish these nurseries of tt.e mind and heart of the next generation. Place *hear so high that the chil dren of the rich shall be sent hear to mingle with those of the poor; here let all classes early take lessons in republican equality : let the children of the wealthy here learn in early life, that they are being. trained up for scenes in which the most intellectual, the most deserving are to be at the heal of the class: here let the poor boy learn, that when he outstrips the rich man's4on in the race of learning or moral excellence, xlie, price of distinction or appr rbation will be be.std d upon Istiasslf. Farmers, these schools are invaluable to your children and for your country. FeVe:, higher du- ties rest upon you, than that of lending wise, generous, and constant aid to the school in your . district; notice and encourage the teacher; by precept and example influence all parents to send their children to the school; sopply yorii chil dren well with books ; let them be in school in season, Ind - constmt in attendance; help cheer fully to make the house comfortable —These points are all of them important ; each is worthy of serious thoughts; and when well considered_ imall their bearings and influences, you cannot fail to see that our country's future eminence depend on the high character of the COill own Stlio, Is. "I CAN ' T DO IT."—What a volume of human misery is unfolded in that shy rtsentence ! What mighty efforts of undeveloped genius are chained by this conclusion of despondency, when a bar r cr chances to interpose die onward progress of the will and sometimes of mere human volition! What domestic unhappiness—what downward marches of otherwise worthy, toward the gloomy and solitary abodes of poverty—what anxious solicitude that...fills the breast of the dependant ardous wrestling with the demon of despair—what social wretchedness—what na tional evils are all depicted in the spirit of that expression I It is the language only of the self wretched—the determination of the weak and imbecile. It is the voice of the moral coward, who, standing upon the shore of some desolate island in the stormy ocean of 'life, and looking out upon the billows strewn with the weeks of earthly grandeur and human happiness, is so blinded by fear that he cannot see the gleam of hope that flickers amid the surrounding gloom. It is the articulated feelings of the traveller of the desert, who, having gained an eminence, sees nothing but a barren plain before him, thirst parching his tongue and weariness subduing his strength.: But shall he lie down without hope? Nay, let him press forward, make but one effort, and a green oasis will meet his vision, a cool stream will bubble up from some unforeseen fountain, and he will reach his journey's end crowned with the rich rewards of perseverance. The following good story Is told of Sheafe; a grocer, of Portsmouth, N, H .. A Man had purchased a quantity of wood from iiiin, which had been weighed and paid for, and Mr. 8. bed gone to the desk to get change for a oche. Happening to turn his head while there, ho saw, in eglass that hung so as to pro tect the shop, a stout arm reach up and take from the shelf re' s heavy white oak cheese. Inslead of appearing suddenly and rebuking the man for his theft, as another would, thereby In,ing his cus tom for; ever, the crafty 'old gentleman gave the thief biir change as if nothing had hap; erred, and then, under pretence of lifting the bag to lay it orr, horse for him, took hold of it: on doing an, it appeared heavier than he appeared to expect. upon which he exclairned,'. , Why, ble.s me, I roust haze reckoned the weight wrong." .. Oh, no," said-the other, .. you may be sure o' that, for I cotinted the weight with you." 4 Well; well; w4wont dispute about tho matter—it's easi ly tried lj ' replied Mr. S., putting the bag into the scale agiin. s. There I" said he, .6 I told you so —knew A was right—made a mistake of nearly twenty pound,; however, Upon don't want the whole You needn't bards it.—TII take part of it out P' i. No,' nu," said the other, staying the hands of Mr. S., on bis way to the strings of the bag. . " rather . , guess f 11. take the whole!"— And this he he did, paying for his rascality by re calving 8 im : toilk cheese, or taprock, at illeprice ofo I - - ' • Ito li , 1119. 5. The' Mystery of Pleseneelsna and SomlialaZ Willem Explained. Animal magnetism has fur some years amused and bewildered the lovers of the Mal:venous.— Ridiculed as a mere - illusion or delusion, it has nevertheless perplexed the scientific; its effects • are-too palpable to, be denied, but any ratitnal solusion of the iiiuse or causes has hitherto and. •ed detection. The honor of unveiling this nips.; tery was reserved f:ir Mr. James Braid, an eini• tient surgeon in Manchester, who, having wit nessed the re.:ent experiments of Monsieur Li: fontaine, in the Athenaeum of that town, deter terunned if possible to bring the system to the:. test of physiOlogical and anatomical principles.' This gentleman,. having satisfied his own mind that he could produce the phenomena without personal contact, and even induce sleep when in, a . different room from the person to be thrown in a state of somnolency, announced a public lee" - ture an the subject, which he delivered at the Manchester, Athemeum on Satunlay last, before seven hundred persons. Mr. Braid first placed on 'the table a connuOit black wine bottle, in the mouth of which WaS a. cork' with a plated top. The individual on whom the experiment was to be performed was seated on a chair, and directed to gaze intently on the cork without winking or averting the eyes. The 7 cork was about two feet from the person operat ed upon, whose head was inclined backwardi4 funning an.angle of forty-five. degrees. In' this , position fur about five minutes, when profou!id . sleep was produced. The second experiment was completed in the same time. In the -third case, a bandage was placed round the head, for the purpose of retain ing in_an immovable position, a common bottle cork, a little above the roof of the nose, as the object to be gazed at, and in about four minutei a complete state of somnolency ensued. In this case was proved by inability of the patient'to pea tile eyelid, although' consciousness was in, no respect suspended, as he was able to ,reply distinctly to any question. )The fourth experi men: failed, either through tlie noise thafprevail eil,'or owing to the person not fixing his gaz• continuously on the object. The fifth. was successful, and although the party made a desperate effort to openl•iis oyes, SG much as to agitate his whole frame, thy remain ed as though,.-hermetically sealed; when Mr Braid took from his pocket a wooden ruler, an,' drew the end of it gently over the upper 'eyelid, of both eyes, when the spell was broken, and the ense of sight restored with perfect case. These experiments fully 'dem mstrated that the phenom ena was perfectly independent bf animal magne, tism, as in no one instance was there the least approach to personal contact or any manipula tion. Having thus convinced the audience that sleep could be produced without pressure of the thumbs or waving of the hands, as employed by , Monsieur Lafontaine, Mr. Braid proceeded to explain the • rationale of his discovery. The artificial mode of producing sleep is: to fatigue tho.rectus and levetor muscle of the eye, which iiected by a continuously strained and intent gaze at the object viewed under an acute angle. Under such circumstances, the irritabili• ty of those muscles becomes exhausted, as well • as irrit tbility of the optieltyve, giddiness camass a mist to rise up. before the 4e and sleep ensues. Congestion is induced in the eyes, and tarried from them t.) the optic and muscular nerve of the cyc, and owing to the proximity to the brigimof the nerves of respiration and circulation, affect them through sympathy, and enfeeble the action of the heart and lungs. The heart thUs acting. feebly, is, unable to propel the blood with suffi cient force to • extremities, and hence their cold. U 123 The blood consequently is accumulated in the, region of the heart, and it is thus stimulated ; and in order to remove the inordinate load, it is com pelled to increase the frequency of its contric tions, in order to compensate for the feebleness of"' its-efforts. The brain, head and facanow become congested in consequence, and varied phenomc na resulting frOm irregularity IA the Circulation of that important organ, the brain follow. Tho inability to raise the upper eyelid filrAira.3. ac counts for on the principle of temporary paralys is of the levator muscles, owing to excessive and long continued exertion at the commencement of the operation? • FREE TRADE HAITIAII DEMOCRACIP—The Brit. kb Canadian Authorites have been recently making a new Custom House Art, by which, as a•matteref course, they have lumen DUTIEs on American producta.—The following is from the Quebec Gazette .-We believe that not less than 509 strives have been imported, into Kingston from the United States this se:ooii. Estimating them at an aver. age all each, which we may safely do, as many of them were cooking stoves, selling here at from .£5 to £7,100, each; we have then a sum of Xioo ()lid to the Americans fai , stoves "States have hitherto paid 15 per cent. duty; but they will henceforth have to pay 20 percent., the aditional 5 per cant. being laid by the new Act. This- amount of protection will surely enable our Foundries to compete with the Ameri can, and sell as cheap." . ,„ - The.Amevieue .in anyth ing like a 'lwo- earn. petition, can beat the British in.' making strives, or anything else. Give us free trade. but what have we? If an! American aliiele Comes in com . potitiOn with any. British arliele whateestr, instantly the duty. is - laid high enough to.pro. tt.Callletk get tree trade l—Clacinndti Juvaarita wur.—aJemmy, - do you gti tO achooll":' “Yea air; to the school kola by Nis! Poitl' Not a whipping posf,, 1,140," no, sir, she is e guide Ppit.',` - . • Beauty' end Matti • , 111%24111S PAIELDOE.. Beauty went out one summer's dap ' To rove in pleasure's barter t And much sbeyponed in her way • . With every opening flower. At length she reached a myrtle shade, And, through thehhanches peeping:. She saw, among the blossom lad, Time most prolbuddly sleeping. Hit heal was ',glowed on his wings, For he' had r,,r:ca hia.P Mons, To linger with the leiely things In pleasure's brighOominiona ; - His scythe and glass amiae Were cut How softly he rebuses !" Cried Beauty, as she idly passed, And covered him with rosek Time awoke —" Away ~ 'he kindly said, • " Go, trifle with the graces; . ' • You kbow that I was never made To toy with pretty Paces. 'Tis pleasant in so sweet a clime To rest awhile frodt-duty. I'll sleep a little ruore,!'-said Time; • " No, do wake up !.7 said Beauty: Ile rose !buthe was grim and old; She felt her roses wither; His scythe upon her neck was cold; His hour lass Made her shiver ; licr young cheeks shrink. her hair turn'd jay, Of grace he had bereft her: Anti when he sax her droop-away. Ile spread his wings and left her- Atid thus) pint my simple rhytue, It is the minstrel's duty; rkauty should never sport with , Tune always welters beauty! Mother: Of all.the words in lauguagu there's no other Equal in gentle influence to Mother! It 18 the first name that we learn to love— ft is the first star .slittsing Actin above! It is a light that has a softer say. Than aught we fiud iu evening et day! • Mother! - -:4t back to chddhood brings the man; And forth tii,wontanhocurit leads the maiden. . Mother!—"Ets with the name; all things b g ta That are with love and sympathy full laden• 0 ! 'tie the fairest thing In Nature's plan, That all life's cares may not affectunssmother, While live,' within the yearning heart or moo. Melting remembrance ore gentlo iMntnei! r Pioagmra. 'PHADIA• From the Liverpool Chronicle. •. . . ...#7,....'..i...:.,..:... ~.,..„ '. i' .4 . ...k;i ! l i' ,?S ' • 6:: *a. - ',Ai' lial •. 3 7',:!.F ,,,, ;; , .-, , , - - ,, ,-,, &I . ,`., ~ ,;;~ NE =~:., ;:::
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